Summary The UK Government has recently announced the zero-rating for supplies of PPE equipment and E-Publications from 1 May 2020.  E-Publications means electronically supplied books, brochures, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, journals a...

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, Russia and the EAEU1 have adopted a number of customs regulation measures aimed at stimulating the importation of necessary goods to Russia and the EAEU, mainly through tariff regulation measures as well as restricting the ...

The European Parliament agreed to a new 'recast' version of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive on Monday 15 December and this was confirmed when MEPs voted in favour on Tuesday 16 December. The recast EWC Directive is now expected to be...

The Government has responded to the 2009 European Works Council (EWC) Directive by publishing draft implementing Regulations and stating their intention to finalise them in 2010, but delay implementation until 5 June 20...

The law relating to industrial action is complicated and many aspects are unclear, mainly because of conflicting court decisions, complex statutory rules or because of the absence of judicial interpretation. In particular, uncertainty exists over th...

The law relating to industrial action is complicated and many aspects are unclear, mainly because of conflicting court decisions, complex statutory rules or because of the absence of judicial interpretation. In particular, uncertainty exists over th...

There are over 900 European Works Councils (EWCs) providing for pan-European workplace consultation involving cross-border restructuring, mergers and transfers. While employers with EWCs have differing views on their success and relevance to date, l...

EU appears open-minded about pay between assignment contracts Having inherited the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 on taking office, the UK Government had p...

The European guide to strikes and other industrial action has been created by Eversheds Sutherland to provide you with a quickand easy reference when responding to threats of industrial action in 15 European countries. Click here to download the pub...

Court of Appeal upholds single collective bargaining unit for only 1.2% of employees in an otherwise non-unionised employer In a significant development for employers, particularly those without recognised trade unions and those with dispersed busin...

Employers are being urged to do more to look after the mental health of their workforce with the publication today of the outcome of the Stevenson/Farmer review of mental health and employers. Estimating that poor mental health costs employers betwe...

In 2008 the German Bundestag has passed the so-called "Risikobegrenzungsgesetz" (Risk Limitation Act) which aims to countervail risks involved with financial investments in general and certain investment practices in particular. The amendments aim e...

On 28 May 2009 the Solicitors Regulation Authority announced to the legal profession that 11,000 law firms throughout England and Wales would receive warning cards alerting them to potential fraudulent activity. 130,000 of these warning cards have n...

The Government has now responded fully to the 290 recommendations made by the Francis Inquiry earlier in the year. Since the publication of the report in February of this year, members of our team who acted as a part of the team acting as Solicitors...

Guru Update – Mitchell – where we have all been getting it wrong! The Court of Appeal on Friday afternoon, handed down judgment in a series of appeals arising out of applications for Relief from sanctions, Denton & Ors v TH Whit...

The suggestion that ports are public bodies may seem a little strange. By far the greater majority are now private entities being either trust ports or private limited companies. But the position may not be quite as clear cut as it first looks. ...

On 31 July 2014, the Council of the European Union (the “Council’) adopted Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 which implements Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP...

Proton Energy Group SA ("Proton") v. Public Company Orlen Lietuva ("Orlen") [2013] EWHC 2872 (Comm) (the "Proton case") The Proton Case was first brought to the attention of the Commercial Court in February 2013, when an application for summary judg...

Amendments to the recently passed draft PPP law have been approved by Jordan's Lower House Investment Committee (the “Committee”). The Committee has amended articles in the draft PPP law by removing the obligation on the Governme...

The EU has today published further sanctions against Russia, following agreement between the EU and the US that additional measures were required to respond to, what the EU and US view as, Russia’s continued efforts to destabilise the Ukraine....

Bunge SA v Nidera BV [2015] UKSC 43 This case was first brought to the attention of the Commercial Court in June 2013, when an appeal on the ruling of the first arbitral panel was sought by the Claimant, Bunge SA (“Bunge”). The matter at...

The buzzword for the post-Brexit landscape both in Europe and further afield is ‘uncertainty’. No-one really knows the long term effect that Brexit will have on local and global economies. However, as the dust settles following the ...